1. James Brown
2. Sly & The Family Stone
3. George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
4. The Meters
5. Earth, Wind, & Fire
6. Curtis Mayfield
7. Prince
8. Isaac Hayes
9. Kool & The Gang
10. The Isley Brothers
11. Stevie Wonder (Superstition)
12. Zapp & Roger
13. The Ohio Players
14. War
15. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
16. Fred Wesley & The JBs/The JBs
17. The Gap Band
18. Rick James
19. The Temptations (Papa was a Rollin' Stone)
20. Dyke & The Blazers
21. Herbie Hancock/The Headhunters (Chameleon)
22. Gil Scott-Heron (In the Bottle)
23. Miles Davis (Right Off)
24. The Average White Band
25. Cameo
26. The Blackbyrds/Donald Byrd
27. The Fatback Band
28. Fela Anikulapo Kuti
29. Maceo Parker & The Macks
30. Tower of Power
31. Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
32. Roy Ayers (Running Away)
33. Cymande
34. Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
35. Brass Construction
36. The Bar-Kays
37. Slave
38. B.T. Express
39. Con Funk Shun
40. Bootsy's Rubber Band/Bootsy Collins
41. The Commodores
42. Betty Davis
43. Bobby Byrd
44. Lee Dorsey (Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?)
45. Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)
46. The Staple Singers (I'll Take You There)
47. Marvin Gaye (Got to Give It Up)
48. The Brothers Johnson
49. Brick
50. Rufus Thomas
51. The Time/Jesse Johnson/Morris Day
52. Teena Marie
53. Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
54. Sheila E.
55. Mtume
56. Midnight Star
57. Mary Jane Girls
58. Gwen McCrae
59. Klymaxx
60. Marva Whitney
61. The Jones Girls
62. Trouble Funk
63. Rose Royce
64. Deodato
65. Donny Hathaway (The Ghetto)
66. Bill Withers (Lovely Day)
67. Edwin Starr (War)
68. Jean Knight (Mr. Big Stuff)
69. Eddie Kendricks (Keep on Truckin' Part I)
70. Skyy
71. Maze feat. Frankie Beverly (Joy and Pain)
72. The Dazz Band
73. Shalamar
74. Instant Funk
75. Jermaine Jackson
76. Aretha Franklin (Rock Steady)
77. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes (Expansions)
78. George Duke (Shine On)
79. Taana Gardner
80. Willie Hutch
81. Yarbrough & Peoples
82. Tom Browne (Funkin' for Jamaica)
83. Graham Central Station
84. Billy Preston (Outa-Space)
85. King Curtis & The Kingpins (Memphis Soul Stew)
86. Joe Tex (I Gotcha)
87. Carl Douglas (Kung Fu Fighting)
88. Jimmy Castor
89. Vanity 6
90. Cliff Nobles (The Horse)
91. Imagination
92. T-Connection
93. One Way
94. Hot Chocolate
95. Loose Ends
96. Loose Joint
97. LTD
98. Ramsey Lewis
99. Johnny "Guitar" Watson (Superman)
100. Mandrill

source:

http://digitaldreamdoor.n...k-art.html

RnBAmbassador said:

79. Taana Gardner
What about this one? WTF?
And one song is enough to make the list of the Greatest of All Time?

Someone needs to rethink this . . .

WTF! half of the artists listed aren't even funk! if they are basing some of them off one song they might as well list Luther Vandross and for Hathaway switch The Ghetto for Back Together Again

you know, as much as I love some funk, there aren't 100. sorry.

THIS LIST IS A JOKE.OF COURSE THEY HAD TO PUT PRINCE UP REAL HIGH ON THE LIST AS IF HE IS A FUNK ARTIST

I disagree with the list. They seem to have picked just mainstream funk artists/bands, and when they couldn't think of any more bands, they started picking folks who aren't even funk artists.
There are lesser known funk outfits who could have easily fit that list instead of people like Aretha, Carl Douglas (Kung Fu Fighting isn't really even a funk tune), Vanity 6, Sheila E. or Prince.

No one ever seems to come up with a decent list, unfortunately.
[Edited 8/4/09 0:28am]

I agree that one song should not qualify someone to be on the list but Taana Gardner had songs other than just "Heartbeat" (although whoever made this list probably didn't know that). She was more disco (underground gay disco) and later house, rather than funk.....







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dilwithers said:

Carl Douglas had such a huge influence on funk



Look, dil, do yourself a favor and don't even try to defend this wack-ass list
[Edited 8/4/09 5:59am]

interesting list

Deodato? Are you kidding?

LoveIsTheMessage said:

89. Vanity 6 ???
75. Jermaine Jackson ???
57. Mary Jane Girls ???
56. Midnight Star ???

I sense some Joe Tex fans here are going to have some issues with this list.

EWF is funk? Since when?

Graycap23 said:

with the help of David Foster or MC Hammer anyone would sound funky, no?

midiscover said:

Yeah thats what I'm thinking too

SEAMORE FUNK
IS FUNK


www.cdbaby.com/cd/seamorefunk
www.thenewpower.com
[Edited 8/4/09 8:49am]

isaac hayes and the isley brothers are too high on that list with a lack of a grooves

Graycap23 said:

Come one, Gray. You should know better than that.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Not buying it.....EWF was pop sprinkled with different elements.

How about this one?

Johnny Guitar Watson at 99?? He should be at least top 25

Graycap23 said:

So let me get this straight, are you saying EW&F wasn't funky?!?

sinisterpentatonic said:

Y E S

vainandy said:

NO.

Graycap23 said:

Mr. Mint Condition got it wrong again.

Earth Wind & Fire's first two albums had some raw, uncut Funk moments.

The debut album Earth Wind & Fire had cuts like Fan the Fire.



Their second album, The Need of Love, had some heavy, hard hittin' Funk, like Everything is Everything (which Phil Upchurch originally wrote for Donny Hathaway).



While I wouldn't consider EW&F a Funk band, they definitely released some hard hittin' Funk tunes in their early years.

Earth, Wind & Fire DID record some potent funk in the early years.

RnBAmbassador said:

Regarding that list.
It should be made clear that anybody can add anybody and vote for anybody.

Basically a popularity contest based on choices from anyone who happens to land on the site and decides to vote.


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